Neglect by one of England's largest mental health trusts contributed to the death of a boy, a coroner has ruled. Chris Brennan, 15, died at Bethlem Royal Hospital, south London in 2014. He h... Read more

The British tabloid press has recently been alive with headlines of self-styled emirs, hate-preaching imams in prisons. Their ire only increased when Anjem Choudary was convicted of swearing... Read more

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted the execution scheduled for later this month of a man convicted of killing a Houston police officer 28 years ago. Robert Jennings, 58, wa... Read more

It’s been 148 days since Texas executed someone—a remarkable lull in the use of the death penalty for a state that has killed far more people than any other. There hasn’t been a gap between... Read more

A British woman sentenced to death in 2002 will not get a retrial, a Texas judge has ruled. Linda Carty was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of her neighbour, Joana Rodriguez, more tha... Read more

The death of the former footballer Dalian Atkinson after being Tasered by the police in Telford has prompted renewed concern about police use of the weapon. There have been at least 17 death... Read more

An initiative that would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole has qualified for the November ballot, Secretary of State Alex Padilla a... Read more

A sharp fall in the number of magistrates in England and Wales will ensure that those on the bench will remain overwhelmingly white and elderly, the government has been warned justice minist... Read more